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 Author: bb414973 View Messages Posted By bb414973
 Posted: Mar 1, 2018 03:38
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In General, Speg writes:
  The comment section is great for adding whether or not a piece if mint or has
issues. Honestly, any real universal grading system would result in a nightmare
for both buyers and sellers.

I understand, grading would be difficult if it was on a mandated scale, but each
store should be able to differentiate between Used (Like New), Used (Fine) and
Used (Poor), etc. Vast majority of stores don't add comments so buyers have
no idea of the quality until it's actually received.
 Author: Addict2Brick View Messages Posted By Addict2Brick
 Posted: Mar 1, 2018 02:36
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The comment section is great for adding whether or not a piece if mint or has
issues. Honestly, any real universal grading system would result in a nightmare
for both buyers and sellers.
 Author: bb414973 View Messages Posted By bb414973
 Posted: Mar 1, 2018 01:24
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In General, crazylegoman writes:
  In General, PurpleDave writes:
  In General, SylvainLS writes:
  With New, you can easily part out sets into your inventory. With Used, when
you don’t know which sets the parts are from (and whether they are all there),
it’s more work.

Exactly. New, you part out and list an entire set all at once. Used, you track
down and list a single piece.

If you're parting out a new set, yes; the same doesn't hold true for
adding Pick-A-Brick to a store or other parts bought as new for the purpose of
reselling.

It's extremely obvious that you would have to find individual parts in the
catalog here when adding used parts to a store. It's been that way from
the beginning. I just don't understand why OP was getting upset with that
method. What does he expect—a BL scanner to identify used parts?

David

Adding a part to your BO inventory is a 3-click, same-page process once you've
found the part. I get the feeling that BL has a far more convoluted method, but
I use BrickStock and Bricksync so I wouldn't know.

But I read the OP as meaning that all used bricks are treated the same; there's
no grading built in to the system. Everything is binary, either new or used.
 Author: crazylegoman View Messages Posted By crazylegoman
 Posted: Mar 1, 2018 00:05
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In General, PurpleDave writes:
  In General, SylvainLS writes:
  With New, you can easily part out sets into your inventory. With Used, when
you don’t know which sets the parts are from (and whether they are all there),
it’s more work.

Exactly. New, you part out and list an entire set all at once. Used, you track
down and list a single piece.

If you're parting out a new set, yes; the same doesn't hold true for
adding Pick-A-Brick to a store or other parts bought as new for the purpose of
reselling.

It's extremely obvious that you would have to find individual parts in the
catalog here when adding used parts to a store. It's been that way from
the beginning. I just don't understand why OP was getting upset with that
method. What does he expect—a BL scanner to identify used parts?

David
 Author: PurpleDave View Messages Posted By PurpleDave
 Posted: Feb 28, 2018 21:36
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In General, SylvainLS writes:
  With New, you can easily part out sets into your inventory. With Used, when
you don’t know which sets the parts are from (and whether they are all there),
it’s more work.

Exactly. New, you part out and list an entire set all at once. Used, you track
down and list a single piece. Then the next one is the same piece, but you have
to list it differently because you want to note differences in condition and
price them accordingly. The only reason I can figure that people can make any
money at all on Used is they can often get hugely undervalued lots on sites like
Craigslist or by hitting up garage sales. Or, you know, you can price it higher
than New and hope people will buy it without paying attention because "Used is
always less expensive".
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Feb 28, 2018 21:08
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SylvainLS (46)

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In General, crazylegoman writes:
  In General, SylvainLS writes:
  In General, crazylegoman writes:
  In Problem, CheshireBricKs writes:
  Your ability to inventory used Lego is appalling.

I have no idea what you mean by that. The inventories in the catalog are submitted
by users, and they're generally inventoried using new sets, not used.

Replace “to inventory” with “to put in your store’s inventory.”

That definitely changes the meaning, but it still doesn't make sense. Has
there been some change in the way parts are added to a store when they are used?

With New, you can easily part out sets into your inventory. With Used, when
you don’t know which sets the parts are from (and whether they are all there),
it’s more work.

I understand a lot of people use BrickStock (or similar) but sellers tools are
scarce on BL.


(And tote that I’m a buyer only )
 Author: crazylegoman View Messages Posted By crazylegoman
 Posted: Feb 28, 2018 20:52
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In General, SylvainLS writes:
  In General, crazylegoman writes:
  In Problem, CheshireBricKs writes:
  Your ability to inventory used Lego is appalling.

I have no idea what you mean by that. The inventories in the catalog are submitted
by users, and they're generally inventoried using new sets, not used.

Replace “to inventory” with “to put in your store’s inventory.”

That definitely changes the meaning, but it still doesn't make sense. Has
there been some change in the way parts are added to a store when they are used?

David
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Feb 28, 2018 20:03
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In General, crazylegoman writes:
  In Problem, CheshireBricKs writes:
  Your ability to inventory used Lego is appalling.

I have no idea what you mean by that. The inventories in the catalog are submitted
by users, and they're generally inventoried using new sets, not used.

Replace “to inventory” with “to put in your store’s inventory.”
 Author: crazylegoman View Messages Posted By crazylegoman
 Posted: Feb 28, 2018 19:50
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In Problem, CheshireBricKs writes:
  Your ability to inventory used Lego is appalling.

I have no idea what you mean by that. The inventories in the catalog are submitted
by users, and they're generally inventoried using new sets, not used.

David
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Jan 22, 2018 10:06
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In General, xenocryst writes:
  […]
  The Classic Wanted View By Shop still works.

You keep saying this in all the threads, and maybe I’m just dense, but Classic
is so inscrutable to me that it may as well also be broken.

(Just in case: You get Classic “By Shop” by clicking “Classic” then “By Shop”
on the menu bar in the WL page.)

It shows the list of stores ordered by the number of lots or items they have.
That’s exactly what you get on the (new) “Buy” page just after loading it (when
it works ).

What Classic doesn’t have:
1. no Auto-Select, no Easy-Buy,
2. no way to select items to look for, it’s whole WLs or nothing,
3. no way to quickly see exactly what items each store has without opening the
store,
4. no way to select a store / preselect items to buy (thus removing the items
from the list of items to look for and updating the list of stores),
5. and undoubtedly other things I don’t remember right now.

Well, at least, you still have a list of stores with items in your WL….
 Author: Brickwilbo View Messages Posted By Brickwilbo
 Posted: Jan 22, 2018 10:04
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In General, xenocryst writes:
  In General, Brickwilbo writes:
  In Suggestions, a213jf writes:
  I am unable to place or search for any stores with my WANTED list. Everytime
I try to search for stores from my wanted list, I get an "AJAX error while searching
for stores. Check you local network." I am sure you have been getting several
complaints, this has been going on for nearly 24 hrs now for me. Looking forward
to a quick fix!

The Classic Wanted View By Shop still works.

You keep saying this in all the threads, and maybe I’m just dense, but Classic
is so inscrutable to me that it may as well also be broken.

The Classic view does exactly the same as the New view.
For many it can be helpful enough to know about the existence of the Classic
view.
 Author: xenocryst View Messages Posted By xenocryst
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In General, Brickwilbo writes:
  In Suggestions, a213jf writes:
  I am unable to place or search for any stores with my WANTED list. Everytime
I try to search for stores from my wanted list, I get an "AJAX error while searching
for stores. Check you local network." I am sure you have been getting several
complaints, this has been going on for nearly 24 hrs now for me. Looking forward
to a quick fix!

The Classic Wanted View By Shop still works.

You keep saying this in all the threads, and maybe I’m just dense, but Classic
is so inscrutable to me that it may as well also be broken.
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In Suggestions, a213jf writes:
  I am unable to place or search for any stores with my WANTED list. Everytime
I try to search for stores from my wanted list, I get an "AJAX error while searching
for stores. Check you local network." I am sure you have been getting several
complaints, this has been going on for nearly 24 hrs now for me. Looking forward
to a quick fix!

The Classic Wanted View By Shop still works.
 Author: crazylegoman View Messages Posted By crazylegoman
 Posted: Dec 18, 2017 21:53
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In Suggestions, kwmcmillan writes:
  When I receive messages from members that have been generated via the Contact
Form, my instinct is to hit the 'reply' button and then proceed providing
a response to whatever question has been posed. THis is the way every other email
or messaging system I have ever encountered works.

But doing so yields an unpleasant surprise: my response is sent to a black hole
instead of the actual sending party.

I (now) know that the member address can be found in the body of the email, but
two things:

1 - Would I ever really want to reply to 'blservice@bricklink.com'? (No)

2 - Replying on a mobile device where copying text segments (the email address)
isn't very easy makes this situation worse

I can't think of any good reason that the sending member's address ISN'T
the one provided upon receipt and would respectfully suggest that it be changed.

k.

It USED to work like you mention. It's been less than a year that it's
been broken.

David
 Author: crazylegoman View Messages Posted By crazylegoman
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In General, tEoS writes:
  It's for split payment status from order status. See picture (It's actually
a gold color text):



In General, crazylegoman writes:
  I just checked my order received page, and there is no "clearing" status, just
the same 7 options that we've had for a while now.

David

Interesting...
I've never used that before, but it's good to know.

Thanks,
David
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It's for split payment status from order status. See picture (It's actually
a gold color text):



In General, crazylegoman writes:
  I just checked my order received page, and there is no "clearing" status, just
the same 7 options that we've had for a while now.

David
 
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I just checked my order received page, and there is no "clearing" status, just
the same 7 options that we've had for a while now.

David
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 Posted: Apr 10, 2017 11:58
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In General, Steineflut writes:
  In General, TheBrickGuys writes:
  
In other words, take at least a few minutes to learn the basics. You can not
make it any easier if you don't bother to try to learn it. In the same amount
of time it took you to complain how difficult the forum is to navigate and to
say you will probably never use it again, if instead you took that time and used
it to hit a few buttons, tap a few links, etc, you would have learned that it
already IS EASY to use.

Jim.

Jim


Okay, I get how we all love that nothing ever changes and that we love to keep
stuff the way it is but seriously, the guy is absolutely right!!!
And I am sure that this is the reason why there are about 100 people in this
forum when the site is used by thousands!
Even though you can click on a million buttons to make it look like you want
it to, it should look like that from the start and not with clicking links on
the bottom of a page every single time you want to read something.


The studio beta forum is what a normal forum should look like. It's been
invented... probably about 25 years ago!


- Nadine

All you have to do is set up a page with the setting you like and then save it
as a favorite up on your favorites bar and you wont have to keep clicking on
the options. Just do it once and all is well.

As far as changing the way it looks, I am all for that. I love the changes BL
has done so far. The only reason I kind of got on the guys case was because he
was complaining (with more of an attitude) about things that need to be changed
but was not even willing to see if the options he wanted already existed. He
complained even before he took just a couple of minutes to learn what options
existed.

Jim
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In General, TheBrickGuys writes:
  
In other words, take at least a few minutes to learn the basics. You can not
make it any easier if you don't bother to try to learn it. In the same amount
of time it took you to complain how difficult the forum is to navigate and to
say you will probably never use it again, if instead you took that time and used
it to hit a few buttons, tap a few links, etc, you would have learned that it
already IS EASY to use.

Jim.

Jim


Okay, I get how we all love that nothing ever changes and that we love to keep
stuff the way it is but seriously, the guy is absolutely right!!!
And I am sure that this is the reason why there are about 100 people in this
forum when the site is used by thousands!
Even though you can click on a million buttons to make it look like you want
it to, it should look like that from the start and not with clicking links on
the bottom of a page every single time you want to read something.


The studio beta forum is what a normal forum should look like. It's been
invented... probably about 25 years ago!


- Nadine
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In General, tweegster writes:
  

I like that.

John P
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In General, Brickwilbo writes:
  In Suggestions, thiswizard writes:
  Bricklink's forum is very ugly and hard to read/navigate. Why do I have to
click on the replies (Msgs) one by one? All responses should be displayed on
one screen.

Already possible. Click the balloon or link below the page 'Show entire thread
on 1 page'.

   Also what's the point of "RE: what's this?" showing up 17
times in a row on the main page. Each post should only be displayed once.

Already there. Click the 'Without repliedls' on top of the page.

  If it gets a reply, the post should go bold so that readers know there is a new
response. This way the front page isn't spammed to high heaven. Maybe it's
because I'm using my phone?

Yes it is. Posts change colour when read.

   I've never tried on a desktop or laptop.

Try it.

  Anyway, these forums are gross to look at. I can't imagine ever using this
again.

In other words, take at least a few minutes to learn the basics. You can not
make it any easier if you don't bother to try to learn it. In the same amount
of time it took you to complain how difficult the forum is to navigate and to
say you will probably never use it again, if instead you took that time and used
it to hit a few buttons, tap a few links, etc, you would have learned that it
already IS EASY to use.

Jim.

Jim
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In Suggestions, thiswizard writes:
  Bricklink's forum is very ugly and hard to read/navigate. Why do I have to
click on the replies (Msgs) one by one? All responses should be displayed on
one screen.

Already possible. Click the balloon or link below the page 'Show entire thread
on 1 page'.

   Also what's the point of "RE: what's this?" showing up 17
times in a row on the main page. Each post should only be displayed once.

Already there. Click the 'Without repliedls' on top of the page.

  If it gets a reply, the post should go bold so that readers know there is a new
response. This way the front page isn't spammed to high heaven. Maybe it's
because I'm using my phone?

Yes it is. Posts change colour when read.

   I've never tried on a desktop or laptop.

Try it.

  Anyway, these forums are gross to look at. I can't imagine ever using this
again.
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I totally agree. I've always thought that it was worded rudely.

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HeinousJones (374)

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In General, par016 writes:
  In General, par016 writes:
  In General, HeinousJones writes:
  In General, par016 writes:
  In Suggestions, HeinousJones writes:
  Just used the new "BUY" feature. I was so happy with it at first... until I realized
it didn't subtract the ordered quantities from my wanted list. Just the option
of going in and doing it manually. What's the use? I has made WAY more work
than it has saved. VERY misleading.

It didn't do it for you on the old BrickLink so I am not sure how it is "WAY
more work." With the new "have" feature, which BrickLink is still fixing a few
bugs on, it's actually WAY easier to keep track of everything.

Pete

It most certainly did. After completing a purchase, there was a button to "Remove
items from Wanted List". Worked like a charm. I used it (literally) hundreds
of times.

You mean the "See items in order on wanted list" which would bring up all the
wanted list items in your order and then you could delete them if you wanted?

-Pete

Because that can be switched on and off in your settings and can be accessed
on your orders page. See this post: http://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=993808

-Pete

Thank you for your help, and thank you for having the vintage pieces I needed
to recreate my police boat from 1978. I thought I had dealt with you in the past.
I did have to turn that function on in my settings. It still doesn't do
what I expect it to. I got a chance last night to try it out. I think I'm
throwing an extreme situation at this new BUY function, and my expectations are
way too high. I'm trying to build 5 of the 7 Speed Racer vehicles. I have
them on 4 separate wanted lists. 300+ pieces in 86 lots, with identical lots
on several of them. This is what I had to go through to adjust everything....
Followed the link provided after purchase to the "Search Wanted List" page...
Manually adjusted several quantities (took notes on the partial quantities before
i placed the order). Broke the list into four pages. 100 items per page option
would have come in handy. Had to make sure I saved each individual page.
Then.. apply each of the four wanted lists (will only apply ONE list or ALL,
no option for multiple... check boxes would be handy here). Or at least I thought
so. It doesn't work correctly. I had one list selected, and it showed entries
for ALL of my wanted lists. Not just the ones present in this order. That caught
me by surprise. That wasn't very common (3 lots), but it could have been
very irritating on those future projects. After catching that, and thinking I
had a grasp on this, I realize that I had hit the delete button and had failed
to "un-check" the partial qty lots that I had just adjusted. Went back and fixed
that..
It just seems to me like all the information is there, and it's not being
used efficiently. The quantity’s that I ordered are there. I don't understand
why I can't be done with fewer steps. Not gonna mess with a "have" function.
Have and % of completion are useless to me and will surely irritate me even more.
I don't need Bricklink to keep track of what i have. If I need 20 of something,
and I buy 15 from a vendor, all I need is for the WANT qty to change to 5. I
think that’s pretty simple. I spent a couple of hours last night trying to figure
this out. I feel like I'm spending an extensive amount of time doing something
that BrickLink should be able to do in seconds. That means less time to shop
and spend money.
I do admit, this is the most complicated order I've ever made. I think my
high hopes and expectations for the BUY function coaxed me into it. It wouldn't
be this difficult if I had chosen to purchase ONLY full quantities, AND not had
so many identical lots scattered throughout several wanted lists. Then it would
work pretty similar to old version and I wouldn't be whining.
 Author: WoutR View Messages Posted By WoutR
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In General, Classicsmiley writes:
  In General, HeinousJones writes:
  In General, par016 writes:
  In Suggestions, HeinousJones writes:
  Just used the new "BUY" feature. I was so happy with it at first... until I realized
it didn't subtract the ordered quantities from my wanted list. Just the option
of going in and doing it manually. What's the use? I has made WAY more work
than it has saved. VERY misleading.

It didn't do it for you on the old BrickLink so I am not sure how it is "WAY
more work." With the new "have" feature, which BrickLink is still fixing a few
bugs on, it's actually WAY easier to keep track of everything.

Pete

It most certainly did. After completing a purchase, there was a button to "Remove
items from Wanted List". Worked like a charm. I used it (literally) hundreds
of times.

Now, you have the option of applying an order to a wanted list. On the new Wanted
List page, select the wanted list in question, and then click the Apply Order
button at the top of the list.


The "Apply Order" button seems to assume that I only order for one wanted list
at a time. Also, for some reason is does not seem to work always but I have not
tested that more.

At the same time the "Items in order on wanted list" has gained a bug and gives
incomplete results.
 Author: Classicsmiley View Messages Posted By Classicsmiley
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In General, HeinousJones writes:
  In General, par016 writes:
  In Suggestions, HeinousJones writes:
  Just used the new "BUY" feature. I was so happy with it at first... until I realized
it didn't subtract the ordered quantities from my wanted list. Just the option
of going in and doing it manually. What's the use? I has made WAY more work
than it has saved. VERY misleading.

It didn't do it for you on the old BrickLink so I am not sure how it is "WAY
more work." With the new "have" feature, which BrickLink is still fixing a few
bugs on, it's actually WAY easier to keep track of everything.

Pete

It most certainly did. After completing a purchase, there was a button to "Remove
items from Wanted List". Worked like a charm. I used it (literally) hundreds
of times.

Now, you have the option of applying an order to a wanted list. On the new Wanted
List page, select the wanted list in question, and then click the Apply Order
button at the top of the list.
 Author: par016 View Messages Posted By par016
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In General, par016 writes:
  In General, HeinousJones writes:
  In General, par016 writes:
  In Suggestions, HeinousJones writes:
  Just used the new "BUY" feature. I was so happy with it at first... until I realized
it didn't subtract the ordered quantities from my wanted list. Just the option
of going in and doing it manually. What's the use? I has made WAY more work
than it has saved. VERY misleading.

It didn't do it for you on the old BrickLink so I am not sure how it is "WAY
more work." With the new "have" feature, which BrickLink is still fixing a few
bugs on, it's actually WAY easier to keep track of everything.

Pete

It most certainly did. After completing a purchase, there was a button to "Remove
items from Wanted List". Worked like a charm. I used it (literally) hundreds
of times.

You mean the "See items in order on wanted list" which would bring up all the
wanted list items in your order and then you could delete them if you wanted?

-Pete

Because that can be switched on and off in your settings and can be accessed
on your orders page. See this post: http://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=993808

-Pete
 Author: par016 View Messages Posted By par016
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In General, HeinousJones writes:
  In General, par016 writes:
  In Suggestions, HeinousJones writes:
  Just used the new "BUY" feature. I was so happy with it at first... until I realized
it didn't subtract the ordered quantities from my wanted list. Just the option
of going in and doing it manually. What's the use? I has made WAY more work
than it has saved. VERY misleading.

It didn't do it for you on the old BrickLink so I am not sure how it is "WAY
more work." With the new "have" feature, which BrickLink is still fixing a few
bugs on, it's actually WAY easier to keep track of everything.

Pete

It most certainly did. After completing a purchase, there was a button to "Remove
items from Wanted List". Worked like a charm. I used it (literally) hundreds
of times.

You mean the "See items in order on wanted list" which would bring up all the
wanted list items in your order and then you could delete them if you wanted?

-Pete
 Author: HeinousJones View Messages Posted By HeinousJones
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In General, par016 writes:
  In Suggestions, HeinousJones writes:
  Just used the new "BUY" feature. I was so happy with it at first... until I realized
it didn't subtract the ordered quantities from my wanted list. Just the option
of going in and doing it manually. What's the use? I has made WAY more work
than it has saved. VERY misleading.

It didn't do it for you on the old BrickLink so I am not sure how it is "WAY
more work." With the new "have" feature, which BrickLink is still fixing a few
bugs on, it's actually WAY easier to keep track of everything.

Pete

It most certainly did. After completing a purchase, there was a button to "Remove
items from Wanted List". Worked like a charm. I used it (literally) hundreds
of times.
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In Suggestions, HeinousJones writes:
  Just used the new "BUY" feature. I was so happy with it at first... until I realized
it didn't subtract the ordered quantities from my wanted list. Just the option
of going in and doing it manually. What's the use? I has made WAY more work
than it has saved. VERY misleading.

It didn't do it for you on the old BrickLink so I am not sure how it is "WAY
more work." With the new "have" feature, which BrickLink is still fixing a few
bugs on, it's actually WAY easier to keep track of everything.

Pete
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I totally agree.

David
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In General, ToddMyers writes:
  In 中文, cs_china writes:
  In 中文, cs_china writes:
  测试用帖,请勿回复。

回复测试。

Anyone know if this is a genuine BrickLink CS account? Wondering if I should
report it under the problem tab.

I think a real one would be labelled admin
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That's a good idea. I always wondered why that function wasn't built
into the search before.

David
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In Suggestions, goshe7 writes:
  There is practically nothing productive being added to BrickLink.

Since when has the BL forum ever been the place to add something productive?
That's that the Catalog is for.

David
 Author: mnementh View Messages Posted By mnementh
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In General, Pokernut writes:
  In General, BRICKS_R_KIDS writes:

  In other words, if someones trying to buy a 10179, then the search result should
direct them to that exact page. They can see all the listing for sale and decide
where to go next.

Bill

While I can agree with the main contents of this thread I thinkl this has the
potential to cause harm, particularly for the new buyers we are trying to get
here.
All it takes is a couple of succesful " sales " to scammers, as they will show
at the top of the page as cheapest item, and we get a lot of heat.

Just wanted to point out that you have replied to an 8 month old thread. In
the time since this thread was posted, Google has been allowed to crawl the site,
and BrickLink now shows up on the first page of results for a search of "Lego
10179". It takes you right to the catalog page, which is where I believe it
should take you.

Now they just have to do some optimizing to move BrickLink up the list a bit.

Troy


Troy
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In General, BRICKS_R_KIDS writes:

  In other words, if someones trying to buy a 10179, then the search result should
direct them to that exact page. They can see all the listing for sale and decide
where to go next.

Bill

While I can agree with the main contents of this thread I thinkl this has the
potential to cause harm, particularly for the new buyers we are trying to get
here.
All it takes is a couple of succesful " sales " to scammers, as they will show
at the top of the page as cheapest item, and we get a lot of heat.
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In General, Daave writes:
  David

David


In General, crazylegoman writes:
  If you send Brickset a picture of the set, they will usually add it.

David

i have done that and no go they say before 65 i think, they are no experts and
they are only interested in AFOL stuff
talk about double standards.

David
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David

David


In General, crazylegoman writes:
  If you send Brickset a picture of the set, they will usually add it.

David
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If you send Brickset a picture of the set, they will usually add it.

David
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In General, crazylegoman writes:
  Bricklink is not meant to let you keep track of your personal collection. That's
what http://www.brickset.com is for.

David

i was just about to ask that question about collections and how you keep track
of it if Brickset doesn't have your set and they don't want to add it,
and Bricklink does. as i am slowly moving my collection to brick link.

David

Not the first David but a different David
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In General, crazylegoman writes:
  Bricklink is not meant to let you keep track of your personal collection. That's
what http://www.brickset.com is for.

David

Does Brickset allow you to add parts that you purchased from PAB walls? I used
to do that with Peeron, but that website hasn't been updated in years.
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Bricklink is not meant to let you keep track of your personal collection. That's
what http://www.brickset.com is for.

David
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In General, crazylegoman writes:
  In Suggestions, cosmicray writes:
  In Suggestions, crazylegoman writes:
  No it's not. Bricklink shows up on Google searches:

Your reply, while technically correct, does not tell the whole story. The searches
you picked were sufficient to key on the home page of BL. They were not specific
enough to actually find something of interest.

Do we really want the Google searches bringing people to the specific catalog
page for the item? I sure don't. I assume that those who want better Google
search results want to attract new customers (new to BL entirely, not just new
to their store.) Someone new to BL would be much better off at the main homepage
instead of a catalog page. That way they can explore the site from the main
starting point. I believe that would lead to a better intro-to-BL experience
and curb many frustrating experiences for both new buyers and sellers.

David

It would be best to direct them to the cat page of the items they are looking
for.

In other words, if someones trying to buy a 10179, then the search result should
direct them to that exact page. They can see all the listing for sale and decide
where to go next.

Bill
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In General, Rogue11 writes:
  In General, crazylegoman writes:
  In Suggestions, cosmicray writes:
  In Suggestions, crazylegoman writes:
  No it's not. Bricklink shows up on Google searches:

Your reply, while technically correct, does not tell the whole story. The searches
you picked were sufficient to key on the home page of BL. They were not specific
enough to actually find something of interest.

Do we really want the Google searches bringing people to the specific catalog
page for the item? I sure don't. I assume that those who want better Google
search results want to attract new customers (new to BL entirely, not just new
to their store.) Someone new to BL would be much better off at the main homepage
instead of a catalog page. That way they can explore the site from the main
starting point. I believe that would lead to a better intro-to-BL experience
and curb many frustrating experiences for both new buyers and sellers.

David

Although I'm not a seller I agree with what David says. I found Bricklink
through a search in 2011. I had just started digging out my old lego collection
and was looking for a dragon to replace the one that I used to have. My search
(google, bing yahoo, i don't remember what engine I used) directed me to
a specific store. For a while I never even realized that there was a whole community
of many many stores. I just assumed the website I came across was someone's
individual store. Only at my second or third visit to that store I clicked the
bricklink logo on the top, was taken to the home page and realized what I had
missed before.

I did this as well with TBB...had no idea there were other stores for my first
sale.
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In General, crazylegoman writes:
  In Suggestions, cosmicray writes:
  In Suggestions, crazylegoman writes:
  No it's not. Bricklink shows up on Google searches:

Your reply, while technically correct, does not tell the whole story. The searches
you picked were sufficient to key on the home page of BL. They were not specific
enough to actually find something of interest.

Do we really want the Google searches bringing people to the specific catalog
page for the item? I sure don't. I assume that those who want better Google
search results want to attract new customers (new to BL entirely, not just new
to their store.) Someone new to BL would be much better off at the main homepage
instead of a catalog page. That way they can explore the site from the main
starting point. I believe that would lead to a better intro-to-BL experience
and curb many frustrating experiences for both new buyers and sellers.

David

Although I'm not a seller I agree with what David says. I found Bricklink
through a search in 2011. I had just started digging out my old lego collection
and was looking for a dragon to replace the one that I used to have. My search
(google, bing yahoo, i don't remember what engine I used) directed me to
a specific store. For a while I never even realized that there was a whole community
of many many stores. I just assumed the website I came across was someone's
individual store. Only at my second or third visit to that store I clicked the
bricklink logo on the top, was taken to the home page and realized what I had
missed before.
 Author: crazylegoman View Messages Posted By crazylegoman
 Posted: May 12, 2013 00:25
 Subject: Re: Not having Google search is killing our sales
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crazylegoman (1090)

Location:  USA, Indiana
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In Suggestions, cosmicray writes:
  In Suggestions, crazylegoman writes:
  No it's not. Bricklink shows up on Google searches:

Your reply, while technically correct, does not tell the whole story. The searches
you picked were sufficient to key on the home page of BL. They were not specific
enough to actually find something of interest.

Do we really want the Google searches bringing people to the specific catalog
page for the item? I sure don't. I assume that those who want better Google
search results want to attract new customers (new to BL entirely, not just new
to their store.) Someone new to BL would be much better off at the main homepage
instead of a catalog page. That way they can explore the site from the main
starting point. I believe that would lead to a better intro-to-BL experience
and curb many frustrating experiences for both new buyers and sellers.

David